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    happened‚ and why characters acted the way they do. The exposition of the "Sonny’s Blues" starts when the narrator introduces characters‚ scene‚ and situation of the story. The narrator learns from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested "for peddling and using heroin." (Baldwin 83) The narrator is a high school teacher‚ and his wife is Isabel. Leaving the school‚ the narrator comes across an old friend of Sonny’s in the schoolyard. They talk about Sonny’s arrest and

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    story‚ "Sonny’s Blues"? The writer was a poor boy growing up. He was also a Negro‚ so things were bad for him and his family in white America. He probably felt sad every day of his childhood so he turned to books for entertainment and maybe escape. When he started reading‚ he found that he liked it and wanted to create stories for other people to enjoy‚ but he was a poor Negro boy who could not expect help from the whites‚ so he taught himself to write. That is similar to Sonny‚ who taught himself

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    shown socially‚ technologically‚ and economically. With the introduction of a new role for women‚ new technology‚ introduction of credit. Although the 1920’s had some impacts from a conservation revolution‚ the majority of the revolution was innovated. While the Roaring Twenties was more of a revolution of innovation (change or new)‚ the 1920’s also was a revolution of conservation (favors traditions). With alcohol becoming more popular‚ it was seen as wrong. With the passing of the 18th Amendment

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    Character Analysis “Sonny’s Blues” In “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin‚ the Narrator shows his biases and opinions about “Sonny” his brother‚ his career choices and how his views change towards him and his music. The Narrator‚ and his brother “Sonny” was born and raised in Harlem in the 1950’s. During those times drugs and crime were all the streets can offer. Their parents died and their mom left the Narrator to raise his brother to look after him she said “You got to hold on to your brother

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    Social Media’s Effects The American Academy of Pediatrics or AAP is a journal that preserves collections‚ which hold the past record of the American Academy of Pediatrics‚ documents pediatric history‚ and reveals and validates the movement of children’s health care (Baker n.p). The association stated in 1929 at the Medical Association Section on Diseases of Children ( Baker n.p). The journal describes how it is important that parents become aware of the nature of social media sites‚ given that

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    February 16‚ 2013 English 120 SCNW Writing Assignment 1 “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin was about the arrest of the unnamed narrator brother Sonny for using and selling heroin. By that happening this causes the narrator to think back to their childhood‚ when Sonny was wild but he wasn’t crazy. Sonny’s brother (the narrator) who is a high school math teacher is sort of shell-shocked the whole day while he tries to teach his students. After Sonny’s brother is leaving work he runs into one

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    James Baldwin’s "Sonny’s Blues" the symbolic motif of light and darkness illustrates the painful nature of reality the two characters face as well as the power gained through it. The darkness represents the actuality of life on the streets of the community of Harlem‚ where there is little escape from the reality of drugs and crime. The persistent nature of the streets lures adolescents to use drugs as a means of escaping the darkness of their lives. The main character‚ Sonny‚ a struggling jazz musician

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    will experience unfairness. Unfortunately‚ this unfairness can become a trend and become an injustice. Injustice could mean violating the rights of others or going through an unfair action or treatment. In the 1830’s‚ Native Americans experienced social injustice and unfortunately social injustice still exists today‚ just with gender inequality‚ specifically women’s rights. Both injustices happened due to an urge of wanting a personal gain. In other words‚ the injustice occurs because there is a reward

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    musician provides us with many elements in their music such as being their life story‚ different perceptions of their pieces‚ and the ability of healing the soul. In "Sonny’s Blues" the narrator’s brother was talented in playing the piano later on we found out that is how he expresses his emotions. In the story‚ when Sonny was staying in Isabel house they “confessed that they were not living with a person‚ it

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    THE SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF BLUE REMEMBERED HILLS Introduction Blue Remembered Hills is a play set in 1943 written by Dennis Potter. It studies a group of seven-year-olds playing in the Forest of Dean one summer afternoon until the character Donald‚ or better known as "Donald Duck" by his friends‚ is burned to death as a result of the other childrens ’ actions. The play comprises a variety of brutality - including: emotional abuse‚ physical abuse‚ child abuse‚ and animal cruelty. This

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